The Chicago Bar Association (CBA) will
present Chicago Attorney Earl L. Neal with the Chicago Bar Association
Earl Burrus Dickerson Award on Tuesday, June 6, 2000, at the Standard Club,
320 S. Plymouth Ct. A reception for Neal will begin at 11:30 a.m., followed
by a 12:15 luncheon in the Grand Ballroom. The cost to attend the luncheon
is $45 per person and $450 for a table of ten. To make a reservation, call
Kathy McEnroe at 312-554-2057.
Neal has practice law in Chicago for more
than 45 years. He is an outstanding trial lawyer and concentrates in eminent
domain, real estate, municipal law and public finance. Neal is a 1952 graduate
of the University of Michigan Law School and is a fellow of the prestigious
American College of Trial Lawyers and the International Academy of Trial
Lawyers. A distinguished civic leader, Neal serves on the Board of Directors
of the University of Illinois Foundation, the Chicago Academy of Sciences,
Chicago Central Area Committee, and is Chairman of the Chicago-Gary Regional
Airport Authority.
The Dickerson Award was established in
honor of the late Earl B. Dickerson who was an outstanding lawyer and among
the first African-American members of the CBA. The Dickerson Award recognizes
minority lawyers and judges whose careers at the bar emulate Dickerson's
courage and dedication to make the law the key to justice for all in our
society. Past Dickerson's Award winners include: Mayor Harold Washington,
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall, Judge Ann Claire Williams,
of the U.S. Court of Appeals, 7th Circuit and Illinois Appellate Court
Justice William Cousins, Jr.